Fireman s hat



(No Model.)

I.4 GAIRNS.

PIREMANS HAT.

N. PETERS. PhalLihugmphar. Washingbn, U. C.

Unirse STATES PATENT Ormea.

vIRVINGr CAIRNS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

FIREMANS HAT.

SFFCIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,285, dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed March 13,1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, IRVING CAIRNS, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Firemens Hats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide properventilation in the topot' the skull ofthe hat without any liability of water entering` the hat, and also to provide proper ventilation at thefront of the hat, between the skull and sweat leather or lining.

To this end the invention consists in a firemans hat having in its comb a cavity provided with one' or more lateral openings leading through the side or face of the comb to the atmsphere,and an opening or duct .leading from said cavity to the interior of the skull, whereby I provide for the free passage of air outward, and also prevent the passage of water inward.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a iiremans hat having one or more 4lateral openings in the side of the comb, of a metallic conductor or case contained in the comb, and having a lateral opening or openings opposite the opening or openings in the comb, and a mouth or tube leading to the interior of the skull, whereby provision is afforded for the passage of air outward into the metallic conductor or casing, and thence to the external atmosphere through the lateral opening or openings in the conductor or casing and in the comb.

' A common way of ventilatingordinary citil zens hats' is by forming a passage or passages extending directly downward between the sweat leather or lining and the crown, and having their lower ends presented downward. This cannot well be done in a remans hat, however, because the lining is turned outward upon the under side of the brim and secured by the same line ot' stitching which unites the skull and brim.

The invention, therefore, also consists in a hat having between lthe lining and skull a pas` sage or number of passages which extend downward and then forward beyond the outwardly-turned edge of the lining. The passages may be formed by a corrugated plate having a forwardly-projecting flange at the lower end, andada-pted to beinscrted between (No model.)

the lining and skull, and a perforated capplate, which is attached to the under side of the brim and covers and conceals the ange of said corrugated plate. The skull is preferably depressed or struck or bulged outward at the front, so as to form a recess for this corrugated plate and obviate the necessity ot' any inward projection.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figurel represents a longitudinal section of a hat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a trans* .verse section `ot' the upper part of the skull on the dotted line x Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents `a transverse section on the dotted lineyy,

2. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal YYsec'tion 'f the front portion of the skull on the dotted line .e e, Fig. l. Fig. 5 represents aside view alone, upon a larger scale, of the metallic air conductor or casing which is placed in the comb. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the corrugated and flanged plate which serves. to ventilate the front ot' the hat; and Fig. 7 represents a view of the cap-plate which covers the flan ge ofthe above-described corrugated plate,.also upon a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the skull, and B the brim, of the hat, which are of ordinary form; and C designates the comb of the hat, formed in the usual way by ridges or rims intersecting each other and projecting above the skull.

B designates the lining, which is turned outward on the under side of the brimBin the usual way, and secured by the same line of stitching a which unites the skull and brim.

D designates a metallic air conductor or casing, which is ofthe form shown clearly in Fig. 5. It is curved longitudinally to conform to the curvature of the comb C, and is elliptical in transverse section, as shown clearlyin Fig.' 3. In the sides of the conductor or casing D are openings b, (here represented as four in number,) two 011 each side, and projecting from the under side thereof is a mouth or tube, c, which is split or slotted from' the lower end upward, so that its edge may be readily turned over. The air conductor or casing D is inserted into or built into the comb C in' the course of manufacture, as shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the openings b have lateral openings opposite to them, formed in the front and back of the comb. The mouth or tube e projects through a hole, d, into the skull, as shown clearly in Figs..l and 2, and is secured by turning outward the split edges of the tube, as clearly shown. W'henfthus secured, air can pass freely from the skullthrou gh the mouth or tube cinto the conductor or cas ing D, and thence out the openings b at the back and front of the comb, and no matter howmnch water is poured upon the skull it cannot enter through the lateral openings b. The ofce of the metal conductor or casing I) is simply to iorm a permanent cavity in the comb; but such cavity might be otherwise formed.

In its front the skull A is bulged or pressed outward, so as to form an internal recess or depression, A', (shown clearly in Figs. l and 4,) and in this depression or recess, and between the skull A and liningB, is a plate, E, of metal or other suitable material, which is curved in a horizontal direction, as clearly seen in Fig.

4, so as to conform to the horizontal curvature of the skull A.

At the lower edge the plate E is provided with a forwardly-projecting ilange, E', which projects upon the under side ofthe brim B, and this plate is corrugated, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 6, so as to form between it and the ii ning Bla number of passages, c. The ange E' is covered and concealed by a cap-plate, F,

. attached to the brim B, and the flange E', in

connection with the plate F, forms forwardlyextendingoontinuationsofthepassages e. The plate F is perforated at f, and these perforations form mouths or inlet-openings for air, which passes backward and then upward between the plate E and the lining B. By this construction I form a passage or passages eX- tending downward between the skull and lining, and thence forward under the brim, and the mouths or inlets of such passage or passages are presented in a forward direction.

By my invention I provide for the free entrance of air in a tiremans hat in front of the head, and also for the proper ventilation ot' the skull through its top-aresult which has been difficult of accomplishment.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A Iiremans hat having in its combacavity provided with one or more lateral openings leading through the side or face of the comb, and an opening or duetleading from said cavity to the interior of the skull, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the skull and comb of a remans hat, of a metallic air conductor or easing inclosed in the comb, and provided with lateral openings leading through the sides or face ofthe comb, and also provided with an opening or air-duct leading to the interior of the skull, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. rlhe combination," with the comb C, provided with openings in its back and front, of the conductor or casing D, having the lateral openings b on both sides, and the tube C, eX- tending into the skull, substantially asand for the purpose speeihed.

4. A remans hat having in the front, between the skull and lining, a passage or passages extending downward and thence forward under the brim, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with the skull A, provided in its front with the recess or depression A', ot' the corrugated plate E and its iange E and the cap-plate F, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' IRVING GAIRNS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, ED. L. MoRAN. 

